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Cave in the Snow

Written by: Vicki Mackenzie
Narrated by: Georgina Sutton, Vicki Mackenzie, Tenzin Palmo
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Includes a bonus track of Tenzin Palmo introducing a retreat.

This is the story of Tenzin Palmo, the daughter of a fishmonger from London's East End who became a Tibetan nun. After meditating for 12 years in a cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas, she became a world-renowned spiritual leader and champion of the right of women to achieve spiritual enlightenment.

Diane Perry grew up in London's East End. At the age of 18, however, she read a book on Buddhism and realised that this might fill a long-sensed void in her life.

In 1963, at the age of 20, she went to India, where she eventually entered a monastery. Being the only woman amongst hundreds of monks, she began her battle against the prejudice that has excluded women from enlightenment for thousands of years.

In 1976, she secluded herself in a remote cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas, where she stayed for 12 years between the ages of 33 and 45. In this mountain hideaway she faced unimaginable cold, wild animals, floods, snow and rockfalls, grew her own food and slept in a traditional wooden meditation box, three feet square - she never lay down.

In 1988, she emerged from the cave with a determination to build a convent in Northern India to revive the Togdenma lineage, a long-forgotten female spiritual elite. Despite her international teaching schedule, Tenzin Palmo maintains a deep commitment to her nunnery, Dongyu Gatsal Ling, in Himachal Pradesh.

©1999 Bloomsbury Plc (P)2015 Ukemi Productions Ltd

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" Cave in the Snow is full of extraordinary insights. It is a desert island book - one we can't very well live without." ( Tricycle Magazine)

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So profound, yet so simple!

Something of her remarkable story will stay with the reader forever. Journey of perseverance and great courage.

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Best book ever

books come to you based on your karma.i believe so .worth reading every minute .om Mani padme hum

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Excellent overview of Tenzin Palmo's life

I loved the book and finished it within 2 days. It is easy to listen and clearly showcases Tenzin Palmo's growth from a novice to a great Buddhist nun of modern times who is leading the way to provide an equal space for women in Buddhism. The reader almost feels like one was on the journey with her. The book also provides key insider insights into Tibetan Buddhism which as an outsider I would not have had. My only grouse is that at times it feels that the writer skips over certain important parts of Tenzin Palmo's life, especially when she lived in the cave (the reason I started reading the book in the first place) . The best part was listening to Tenzin Palmo's discourse in the end.

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Intensely captivating. Unforgettable.

Such a beautiful book. Please read (listen) to it. It really changes something in the reader (listener).

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